proteles cristata

1. 1.

   striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects

   Synonymsaardwolf

   Broaderhyena

   Part ofProteles

Questions about proteles cristata

What does proteles cristata mean?

proteles cristata means "striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects".

What is another word for proteles cristata?

Close synonyms include aardwolf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is proteles cristata a common word?

proteles cristata is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.